Stove-pipe cleaner



(No Model.)

W. 0'. WILLIAMS.

STOVE PIPE'GLE-ANER. No. 245,252. Patented Aug. 2,1881..

(IX) (E l o o a Q Wfi'meeses, v Jim/0W UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. WILLIAMS, OF PARIS, TENNESSEE.

STOVE-PIPE CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,252, dated. August 2, 1881. Application filed April 27, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Henry and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stove-Pipe Uleaners, of which the foL lowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to a stove-pipe cleaner designed to rake the soot off vertical or upright and horizontal or recumbent sections of pipe at the same time.

It consists in the combination, with astovepipe having an upright section and a horizontal section, of a soot-scraper arranged in each section, and the two scrapers connected to a common prime mover arranged outside the pipe, so that when said prime mover is operated both scrapers will be simultaneously operated and the soot loosened and scraped off the surfaces of both the upright and horizontal pipe-sections, so that it may be partly carried off by the draft and partly fall into the stove or a suitable receptacle.

In the accompanying; drawings, Figure 1 is a diametric section of a stove-pipe provided with a cleaneraceordingto myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view of the cleaner detached, and Fig. 3 a modification of the invention.

The letter A indicates a vertical section of sto"e-pipe,and B a horizontal section connected thereto. The letter 0 indicates an oblong open frame, which may be made of one-quarter-inch rod-iron, and is nearly as long as the horizontal section of pipe in which it is arranged. This frame is secured to an axis-rod, D, one end of which isjournaled in astud, E, projecting from the inner face of the pipe, and the other end passes out through a cap or through the wall of the vertical pipe A, just belowthe upper corner of the elbow,its outwardly-projecting portion being formed into acrank, F, which constitutes the prime mover for both parts of the cleaner, as will presently appear.

Between the Wall of the section A and the end of the frame (l a crank-bend, G, is formed in the axis'rod D, and a link, H, connected at one end to this crank-bend, has its lower end connected to the upper end of a frame, I, similar to frame 0, but without the axis-rod, and suspended by the link H within the vertical pipe-section A. When the crank G is turned the frameG will be rotated and scrape the soot olfthesurface of the horizontal section of pipe, and at the same time, by means of the crankbend and link H, the frame I will be caused to move up and down and laterally in the vertical section and scrape the soot off its surface.

In Fig.3 I have illustrated a modification Of my invention. In this arrangement the scrapers are rotated simultaneously in the stovepipes by means of bevel-gear wheels and a crank-handle, and when operatedin this manner it will be apparent that both scrapers rotate in unison,instead of one rotating and the other reciprocating.

What 1 claim is- 1. The combination, with a stove-pipe having an upright section and ah'orizontal section, of a soot-scraper arrangedin each section, and the two scrapers connected to a common prime mover, arranged outside the pipe, for simultaneously operating the scrapers, substantially as described.

2. The double scraper composed of the rotary frame 0, having the axis-rod provided.

with a crank-bend and crank, and the frame I,

connected to the crank-bendbyasuitahlelink, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. (J. WILLIAMS. Witnesses: 7

JOHN V. EAKER, J. B. Boees. 

